Can free AI training save your job? | Starmer in China
Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost
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🗓️ 28 January 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
How does Sir Keir Starmer play his trip to China? He's the first British prime minister to make a visit for eight years - and he's got a challenge on his hands.
How does he get the superpower on side to help his own plans for economic growth whilst at the same time show that he's well aware of suspicions about the country.
Also, US President Donald Trump's narrative shifts as he says he wants to "de-escalate" in Minnesota.
And the government is offering free AI training for adults across the UK. It's apparently meant to equip us with AI skills at work but will it save our jobs?
Sophy and Wilf have the day's news in just 10 minutes.
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| 0:42.4 | Hello, you're listening to Cheatheet. I'm Seafy Ridge. |
| 0:47.3 | And I'm Wilfrid. It's Wednesday the 28th of January. Here's what's happening today. |
| 0:54.5 | Kirstalma Lans in China today. He's gone in search of growth, but he'll be well aware of the risks of being too close to China. |
| 0:59.3 | President Trump says he will de-escalate the situation in Minneapolis. We'll have an update. And today the first ever female Archbishop of Canterbury starts in Georgia. |
| 1:06.0 | So Kirstarmer lands in China today. He's going to be touching down about 9.30 at UK time. And it's the first |
| 1:12.9 | trip there by British PM in nearly eight years, which I guess just illustrates that, yeah, |
| 1:18.4 | we need China, but the British prime ministers are well aware of the optics of being seen as too |
| 1:23.7 | close to them. Yeah. And I think that's a good starting point. So Theresa Mayer is the last |
| 1:28.5 | Prime Minister to go in 2018. Since then, German leaders have gone four times. Macron has gone |
| 1:35.9 | three times. And even though the US rhetoric towards China has been very strong, you could even |
| 1:43.0 | argue some of their actions haven't been as strong. |
| 1:46.5 | For example, Biden's Treasury Secretary and Secretary of State, Yellen and Blinken, went quite a few |
| 1:52.4 | times, in fact, during those presidencies. And President Trump recently met President Xi in Korea |
| 1:59.0 | and is expected to travel there in April. So I think |
| 2:02.4 | the idea that the Prime Minister is going at all is completely legitimate. We need to do this. |
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